region codes for PHILIPS DVP 3340v/17

[kenaxmith]

Can anyone provide access info to make this unit Region free.
We have several UK region 2 discs and were promised they would be accessible. Alas. No go.
Thanks for your help.
Ken

[guns1inger]

Before you waste time trying to hack it, can it output PAL and can your TV playback PAL ? If not, getting a region free hack won't help you much.

You can also make the discs region free by ripping them to your PC and burning them to a blank DVD -R. They will still be PAL, bat at least you can have a go at watching them while you wait for a hack to appear

[kenaxmith]

Hi Guns1Linger.
Thanks for your interest and help.
Yes to both ??.
My old faithful Sony TV is Pal enabled and the DVP is NTSC/PAL capable.
Hope you can help.
cheers,
Ken

[jman98]

It's been a while since I've bought a new Philips DVD playerl, but every model I ever bought in the past (some for me, some for family) was able to change the video output between NTSC/PAL/ANY (or MULTI - I forgot which term Philips uses, but it means output=input and no conversion). So guns1inger's concern about PAL playback should be a non-issue with any Philips model.

As far as multi-region goes, our database contains no hack information for this model. While in the past just about everything Philips made could be made a multi-region player, Hollywood has apparently gotten to just about everybody in the DVD player manufacturing industry and made them stop making their players so "user friendly". There may not be a hack for this player.

[kenaxmith]

It's been a while since I've bought a new Philips DVD playerl, but every model I ever bought in the past (some for me, some for family) was able to change the video output between NTSC/PAL/ANY (or MULTI - I forgot which term Philips uses, but it means output=input and no conversion). So guns1inger's concern about PAL playback should be a non-issue with any Philips model.

As far as multi-region goes, our database contains no hack information for this model. While in the past just about everything Philips made could be made a multi-region player, Hollywood has apparently gotten to just about everybody in the DVD player manufacturing industry and made them stop making their players so "user friendly". There may not be a hack for this player.

Hey Jman98,
Thanks for the info.
Hope reigns eternal and I`ll keep on trying.
Cheers,